Festivals in El Salvador

Festivals

Season or date: March-April, week before Easter

The largest religious event featuring carpet-like colored sand processionals across regions.

Season or date: August 1-6

Festival celebrating San Salvador's patron saint with parades and traveling carnivals.

Season or date: September 15

National holiday with school marching bands and military parades nationwide.

Season or date: Weekends November-February

Held in five towns along the Ruta de las Flores with craft markets and local cuisine.

Season or date: Good Friday eve

Indigenous traditional event in Chalatenango where colored palm crosses are carried.

Season or date: Second Sunday in November

Event celebrating the national dish pupusa, including giant pupusa-making in public squares.

Season or date: November 1

Families decorate graves and remember the deceased.

Season or date: November 21

Religious ceremony at the capital cathedral carrying the Virgin Mary statue praying for peace.

Season or date: Final week of December

Year-end traditional event with large fireworks launched from the lake.

Season or date: January

Traditional ceremony and chocolate market held in eastern Usulután Province.